Microsoft Virtual Earth

[EKKC]

it's quite powerful, you can rotate the birds eyes view (unlike google earth or google maps which is the same image as you rotate)

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fun to play with in a boring morning

 

[ThePresence]

Micrsoft has to stop chasing other companies and come up with some new ideas of their own.

 

[Mickey Eye]

Microsoft have made a mistake, they are playing catchup when they should be innovating.

 

[Mickey Eye]

Hah, you beat me to it... fair enough.

 

[Raiden256]

Nope. No one's seen it.

 

[EKKC]

you mean like how they stole the gmail referral idea on their new messenger live, and how the program itself resembers gtalk, and how msn is similar to google now?

 

[Mickey Eye]

Among other things

 

[mzkhadir]

I have used it before. Its nice but slow

 

[Fritzo]

This is better than Google Earth. More maps and WAY better quality!

 

[EKKC]

i can see my apartment windows, but probably before i bought the place and moved in

 

[mwmorph]

i hate how everyone hates on Ms. without it, we'd still have to buy software for specific computer models and we'd have 800 disks worth of floppy drivers per program. Without windows we'd have no standardization.

this ms earth is nice but scrolling is rather limited. if you didnt have to click on each tile...

 

[EKKC]

its probably really difficult to merge the individual pictures together or on top of each other... unlike satellite images these are 3/4 birds eye view

 

[uhohs]

microsoft has had terraserver since 97. oh noes, they're copying google.
idiots

 

[RandomFool]

this is neat but I still like google earth better. This is slower and the maps aren't as good at least in rochester and they couldn't find a couple of the addresses that google earth found no problem.

It is good to see not everyone hates microsoft for being microsoft...

 

[ScoobMaster]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Micrsoft has to stop chasing other companies and come up with some new ideas of their own.

Well, there was Microsoft BOB

THAT was unique. (horrid, but unique!)